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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by MOUNT ZION LITERATURE MINISTRIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,640,752
Total expenses
$1,566,620
Contributions and grants received
$1,717,930
Grants paid
$878,513
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$1,051
Other revenue
-$78,229
Total assets, end of year
$6,618,832
Total liabilities, end of year
$82,190
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,536,642
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,516,648
Management and general expenses
$36,026
Fundraising expenses
$13,946
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,516,648

Program services were 96.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,717,930

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $166,599

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,051 · excluded $1,051

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $1,894,182

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,987,857

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$93,675 · related or exempt -$93,675

  • 11a · Other revenue: SHIP AND OTHER INCOME

    total $15,446 · related or exempt $15,446

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $15,446

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,830 · program services $1,830

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $876,683 · program services $876,683

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $51,828 · program services $28,528 · management and general $23,300

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $21,112 · program services $21,112

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,620 · program services $2,620

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,685 · management and general $9,685

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,756 · program services $53,866 · fundraising $6,890

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,943 · program services $2,943

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,544 · program services $8,544

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,511 · program services $6,511

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $2,200 · program services $2,200

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,788 · program services $24,115 · management and general $2,093 · fundraising $1,580

  • 17 · Travel

    total $42,139 · program services $41,258 · fundraising $881

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,577 · program services $12,629 · management and general $948

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBTS

    total $8,976 · program services $8,976

  • 24b · Other expenses: POSTAGE SHIPPING CUSTOMS

    total $407,434 · program services $402,839 · fundraising $4,595

  • 24c · Other expenses: DAMAGED OR STOLEN BOOKS

    total $17,747 · program services $17,747

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES

    total $2,972 · program services $2,972

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,275 · program services $1,275

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,246,929 · end of year $936,062

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $479,429 · end of year $480,328

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,352

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,653,810 · end of year $1,580,285

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $64,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $2,427,030 · end of year $3,045,771

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $315,562 · end of year $68,451

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $579,606

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $135,671

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $396,100 · end of year $443,935

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $44,517 · end of year $49,820

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $16,185 · end of year $32,370

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,285,817 · end of year $6,415,876

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $176,693 · end of year $120,766

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF MZL IS TO PROMOTE THE PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA, AFRICA, AND OTHER AREAS.

  • DURING 2022 MZL SPONSORED FREE BOOK DISTRIBUTIONS IN: BOLIVIA, BELEIZE, ECUADOR, CUBA, COLOMBIA, HONDURAS, MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PANAMA, VENEZUELA, PARAGUAY, PERU, WITH OVER 250,000 RECIPIENTS.

    Expenses $878,513 · Grants $878,513

  • SALE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE - MZL SELLS CHRISTIAN LITERATURE INCLUDING BIBLES, DEVOTIONAL BOOKS, SCHOOL CIRRICULUM MATERIALS, AND OTHER INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS THROUGH A NETWORK OF FOREIGN DISTRIBUTORS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES. MOST LITERATURE IS SOLD AT OR BELOW COST AND IS SUBSIDIZED THROUGH CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS ENABLES ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTRIES TO AFFORD TO PURCHASE THIS LITERATURE. COUNTRIES INCLUDE HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, MEXICO, COSTA RICA, PERU, BELIZE, CHILE, COLUMBIA, BRAZIL, PARAGUAY, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, PUERTO RICO, BOLIVIA, URUGUAY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES, LIBERIA, AND KENYA. BOOKS ARE ALSO SOLD WITHIN THE US.

    Expenses $638,135 · Revenue $1,894,182

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nathan Witmer

    WAREHOUSE MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $28,951
    From this org
    $28,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Joseph Yoder

    MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $22,877
    From this org
    $22,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Danny Diller

    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Thomas Schlabach

    VICE CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dennis Martin

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Hulbert

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jason Daniel

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
4 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202312169349300211

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